is he working on the game or having any part of it at all?
is he getting royalties for the use of the 'elite' name?
is he getting royalties for the use of the 'elite' name?
so where is Ian Bell in all this?
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If I remember correctly, David Braben purchased the entire rights to the Elite name around / after Frontier: Elite 2.
is ian bell even alive anymore?
cant say ive heard of him doing anything else tbh.
i know david braben has done other games like lost winds etc.
cant say ive heard of him doing anything else tbh.
i know david braben has done other games like lost winds etc.
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He's 52, not 92.. sure he's alive
I don't think he's really involved in games these days. The last thing I heard that he was into martial arts and juggling but i'm not sure if thats true or was a joke.
thanks.
that website is really old though. looks like any activity stopped quite a few years ago.
Seems like they werent all that great friends, they came together by chance,
I think David was like the game enthusiast with the idea and Ian was like the human calculator that as a team could put it all together. A genius combo. Probably not quite that cut and dry, both probably had a fair share of involvement in every part of it.
David passion for games kind of made him stay in it, and Ian moved onto what ever it was he want to do. Some rocket science stuff, who knows. And they probably drifted apart.
But I imagine still think highly of each other.
Thats kind of how I imagine it anyway.
I think David was like the game enthusiast with the idea and Ian was like the human calculator that as a team could put it all together. A genius combo. Probably not quite that cut and dry, both probably had a fair share of involvement in every part of it.
David passion for games kind of made him stay in it, and Ian moved onto what ever it was he want to do. Some rocket science stuff, who knows. And they probably drifted apart.
But I imagine still think highly of each other.
Thats kind of how I imagine it anyway.
Whatever went on, it's between them. It's not really polite for us to go sticking our oars in IMO.
Some things are best left unsaid.
Some things are best left unsaid.
Well heres Ians side of it. Seems like he isnt/wasnt a happy little camper after all.
http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/archive/b5081501.htm
I guess money was the main problem in the end. Turns out hes not a fan of the US much either
I bet they still respect each other as fellow geniuses though. Regardless of how friendly they are/were.
Well, he did a public interview so I guess its no secret or something they didnt want out there.
http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/archive/b5081501.htm
I guess money was the main problem in the end. Turns out hes not a fan of the US much either
I bet they still respect each other as fellow geniuses though. Regardless of how friendly they are/were.
That is some of his contribution to the original.
Well, he did a public interview so I guess its no secret or something they didnt want out there.
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Last time I checked he was doing Project Cars. Is he still?
Project Cars is sort of the Star Citizen of racing sims. Whereas, rFactor2 would be Elite.
Ian is all the way down in that list.
http://www.slightlymadstudios.com/team.html
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Project Cars is sort of the Star Citizen of racing sims. Whereas, rFactor2 would be Elite.
Ian is all the way down in that list.
http://www.slightlymadstudios.com/team.html
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Actually you'll find Ian did the majority of the complex coding on Elite, like the sun and planets, ship movement, explosions, missiles, most of the ships etc etc. David did most of the UI, scanner and galaxy generation.
Fwiw, I think Ian on board would help greatly (But there's not a chance in hell of it happening)
I don't mean to take anything away from David at all by saying that.
that was back then, I would be interested to know who really had the vision of elite, was it the person who came up with the maths to put it into a 22k computer or the person who had the vision to make it into a game.
I am happy to give them both the credits for the first game.
As far as the vision is concerned one thing is for sure: the one with the vision at the moment is Braben. He never let go of the dream of creating a new and better Elite game. He is the reason we have ED right now.
IIRC from the documentary it all started with David and the spinning cobra, there is a link around here somewhere - might watch it later.
Edit: yup, 5 mins in, the creation of the cobra
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Last time I checked he was doing Project Cars. Is he still?
Project Cars is sort of the Star Citizen of racing sims. Whereas, rFactor2 would be Elite.
Ian is all the way down in that list.
http://www.slightlymadstudios.com/team.html
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That's not the same Ian Bell. If it was you would probably be racing toilet seats, rather than cars.
He seems to have gone a bit Jeff Minter post Elite.